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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;der_adler1, post: 2358, member: 144&quot;]Here is a photo and some history on one of my British Generals uniforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richards, Major-Gen.&nbsp; William Watson</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; C.B 1942; C.B.E 1941; M.C. 1919; Colonel Commandant Royal Army Ordnance Corps since 1947 (Representative 1951); Chairman Gold Coast Selection Trust Ldt. Ariston Gold Mines (1929) Ltd; Amalgamated Banket Areas Ltd, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>b.14/12/1892 son of Thomas Wilson Watson Richards, St. Hellier, Jersey</p><p><br /></p><p>m. 1936 Alice Marie de los Angeles Cecile</p><p><br /></p><p>daughter of Eugene Neuville, late Counsul-General of France at Gibralter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Educated: privately</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Served European War 1914-1918 (M.C)</p><p><br /></p><p>Employed under air Ministry 1937-1939; served War 1939-1940 B.E.F., France, 1940-1943, M.E.F.(dispatches thrice, C.B., C.B.E.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Director Clothing and Stores, War Office, 1943-1946;</p><p><br /></p><p>Major General-1945</p><p><br /></p><p>Controller of Ordnance Services, War Office, 1946-1948</p><p><br /></p><p>Retired 1948</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legion of Merit</p><p><br /></p><p>Czech War Cross 1939</p><p><br /></p><p>Czech Medal of Merit 1st Class</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class[ATTACH=full]354[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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